Item 4. Controls and Procedures
ITEM 4 – CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Our management, with the participation of our Chief
Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is
defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act), as of May 31, 2022. Our disclosure controls and procedures are designed
to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is (1) recorded, processed,
summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and (2) accumulated and communicated to
our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding
required disclosure. Our management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide
only reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives and management necessarily applies its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit
relationship of possible controls and procedures.
Based on such evaluation of our disclosure controls
and procedures as of May 31, 2022, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that due to the existence of material
weaknesses in our internal controls over financial reporting, as discussed in more detail in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended February 28, 2022, our disclosure controls and procedures were not completely effective as of May 31, 2022. Management has continued
to monitor the implementation of the remediation plan described below.
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Material Weakness
As previously disclosed in our Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended February 28, 2022, management concluded that material weaknesses existed in our internal control over financial
reporting. Specifically, we determined that:
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We did not have written documentation of our internal control policies and procedures. Written documentation of key internal controls over financial reporting is a requirement of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which is applicable to us as a reporting company; and
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We have limited segregation of duties and oversight of work performed as well as lack of compensating controls in the Company’s finance and accounting functions due to limited personnel. As a result, segregation of all conflicting duties may not always be possible and may not be economically feasible. Furthermore, we cannot provide reasonable assurance that receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with management and director authorization. However, to the extent possible, the initiation of transactions, the custody of assets and the recording of transactions should be performed by separate individuals.
In order to remediate the documented material weaknesses,
management has implemented corporate governance policies and charters that will further align the Company’s governance procedures
with the requirements noted in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, including a Codes of Business Conduct and Ethics, which reflects the overall corporate
principles, policies and values that provides overall guidance for our control procedures.
Management is committed to improving our internal
control processes and believes that the measures described above should remediate the material weaknesses identified and strengthen internal
control over financial reporting. As we continue to evaluate and improve internal control over financial reporting, additional measures
to remediate the material weaknesses or modifications to certain of the remediation procedures described above may be necessary. The material
weaknesses will not be considered remediated until the applicable remediated controls operate for a sufficient period of time and management
has concluded, through testing, that these controls are operating effectively. Notwithstanding the material weaknesses in our internal
control over financial reporting, we believe that our consolidated financial statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
fairly present our financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the period covered thereby.
Changes in internal control over financial reporting
Except for the remediation procedures being implemented
by the Company as described above, there have been no other changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules
13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that occurred during our fiscal quarter ended May 31, 2022, that have materially affected,
or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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PART II – OTHER
INFORMATION
ITEM 1 – LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
The Company is not a party to any pending legal proceeding.
We are not aware of any pending legal proceeding to which any of our officers, directors, affiliates or any beneficial holders of 5% or
more of our voting securities are adverse to us or have a material interest adverse to us.
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